Roy Pan <[email protected]> writes: > That's interesting, It seems Kotlin is a challenge. > What are the current challenges with Kotlin? Is it Kotlin's dependency on > Gradle? or sth else? > > To be honest, though, Gradle is a very important part of the Java ecosystem > and is essential for achieving full-source bootstrapping of Java > components(such as spring framework etc.). > Since Java’s release model involves distributing pre-built JAR files rather > than source code, having Gradle allows us to rebuild these JAR files, which > is very important. > > live well, > Roy > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 12:16 AM Vagrant Cascadian <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 2026-03-24, Roy Pan wrote: >> > I would like to inquire whether anyone has experience or insights >> regarding >> > Java Gradle bootstrapping. >> >> Earlier this month, someone posted about successfully bootstrapping >> gradle on guix-devel: >> >> Success with Gradle 4.5.1 (+JUnit 5 and Spock) >> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2026-03/msg00180.html >> >> live well, >> vagrant >>
Hi Roy, Julien Lepiller made a lot of work on this already, consider discussing it with them :) Good day, Noé
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